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Lily Belli on Food: mushroom festival, Khushbu Shah’s Amrikan & more restaurant closures
Food and drink news and notes from around Santa Cruz County, via Lookout’s Lily Belli. Continue reading…
UCSC sees record applications and admission offers but expects enrollment to remain flat
UC Santa Cruz’s applications and offer letters for the upcoming academic year reached record highs — again — but officials don’t expect overall enrollment numbers to increase significantly from last year. Continue reading…
The more mushrooms the merrier: Santa Cruz Mountain Mushroom Festival sprouts at Roaring Camp
Moss Landing-based mushroom farm Far West Fungi is launching the Santa Cruz Mountain Mushroom Festival on Saturday and Sunday at Roaring Camp in Felton. The two-day event promises to celebrate mushroom culture with discussion panels, presentations from industry leaders, cooking demonstrations, themed food, arts and crafts, a kid zone and live music. Continue reading…
‘Look Me in the Eye’ highlights a rich and varied First Friday
The new one-night-only pop-up exhibition “Look Me in the Eye,” which teams artist with unhoused people to create portraiture, highlights a rich First Friday tour. Continue reading…
I spent a decade struggling with body image; now I’m 19 and still learning to love food and myself
Isabella Counts, a UC Santa Cruz sophomore, has spent her life worrying about her weight and look. She put herself on diets as early as sixth grade. She is not sure she will ever fully overcome her struggle with body image, but she is trying. Writing is helping. Continue reading…
